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THOMASTON -- The Board of Education is planning to hire a new superintendent this evening.

A published agenda for a 6 p.m. meeting at Town Hall calls for approving the new schools chief and a contract for the new hire.

The school board has been searching for a successor to Lynda J. Mitchell, who retired Thursday after nine years on the job.

Mitchell, who worked in Plymouth, Watertown and Thomaston schools during her 40-year-career, retired June 20, the night the class of 2013 graduated.

James A. Connelly, a consultant the board paid $4,900 to conduct the search, has said a field of 21 candidates was winnowed to two last month and school board then visited schools of the candidates. The full school board served as the search committee and selected the final candidate sometime before June 15, former Chairwoman Lucy Santopietro said.

The board's agenda also calls for an executive session to discuss attorney-client privileged information with the school's attorney and the new superintendent.

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